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Gottfried John

Aug 29, 1942 - Sep 01, 2014 (72 years old) in Berlin, Germany

Gottfried John (German: [ˈjoːn];[1] 29 August 1942 – 1 September 2014) was a German stage, screen, and voice actor. A long-time collaborator of Rainer Werner Fassbinder, John appeared in many of the filmmaker's projects between 1975 and his death in 1982, including Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven, Despair, The Marriage of Maria Braun , and Berlin Alexanderplatz. His distinctive, gaunt appearance saw him he frequently cast as villains, and he is best known to audiences for his role as the corrupt General Arkady Orumov in the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye, and for his comedic turn as Julius Caesar in Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar, the latter for which he won the Bavarian Film Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Known For

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A Case For Two
Hans Beckers
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Scene of the Crime
Harry Mucher
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Derrick
Krummbach
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Der Kommissar
Werner Stimmel
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Wolffs Revier
Johnny Reschke
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Millennium
Josef Heim
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GoldenEye
General Arkady Grigorovich Ourumov
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Donna Leon
Carmello La Capra

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